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Florida State League - Definition and Overview |
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The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida.
The league originated in 1919 with teams in Bartow, Bradenton, Lakeland, Orlando, Sanford and Tampa. The league closed down in 1928 and resumed play in 1936 and has continued uninterrupted, except for a four-year (1942-45) suspension during World War II.
Currently, the league is divided into an East Division and a West Division. The 12 member teams plays a 140 game schedule with 70 games at home and 70 game on the road. The six team ED and six teams WD plays a split season with the first half ending on June and the second half ending on September.
Four (4) teams participate in the play-offs. Winners of both halves within each Division play each other in a best of three (3) game series for the Division Championships. If there is a repeat Division winner, a wild card team will qualify for the play-offs. The Division Champions will move on to the League Championship Series and play a best of five (5) game series.
The current member teams are:
East Division
West Division
External links
Official web site (http://www.fslbaseball.com/)
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Example Usage of Florida |
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CG13: Think I'm going to fly down to Florida early wahoooo |
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blackcallalily: @Lorisays It's always sunny in Florida until 4PM, right? and a SQUALL is a jacket from Lands' End. Ha! |
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spaceastro: Dec 1: In Orbiter Processing Facility-3 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of the STS-130 crew... [pic] http://ff.im/ck29q |
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